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Companies announced new product rollouts and capital raises last month, but some are also facing lawsuits as the industry encounters heightened attention to the lack of consumer protections.

Coordinated strikes by dock workers along the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast could cause issues for banks that provide credit to foreign shipping groups and domestic trucking companies.

In a potential credit drawback, TALT 2024-B has a residual value setting of 51.3% of the manufacturer's price. It was less than 50% in all the 2023 lease securitizations.

The conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.12% on Oct. 3.

The collateral has subprime credit attributes, the credit quality of the Westlake 2024-3 pool was incrementally better than the 2024-2 transaction, and notably better than the 2023-4 deal.

T-Mobile is broadly syndicating $500 million of securities, and the total size of the securitization is $561.34 million.

Marine and recreational vehicles account for 64.7% of the pool, with home improvement accounting for the rest. The A, B, C and D notes benefit from total initial hard credit enhancement levels of 37.7%, 27.2%, 17.5% and 7.5%, respectively.

The bonds exist with several redemption provisions, including the first maturity date, a special redemption option from excess revenues, and a special mandatory redemption from excess revenues.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook called for weighing the costs and benefits of artificial intelligence, and flagged bias and fraud as areas of concern.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has proposed a change to capital rules on interest-bearing deposit accounts that would increase the Federal Home Loan Banks' flexibility to manage liquidity during times of stress.